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The Moon on Monday, July 30, 1956: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Last Quarter at

19:31UTC

Moon phase on July 30, 1956Last Quarter

Monday 30 July 1956383,869 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 30, 1956, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
383,869 km238,525 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 22, 195621:29
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, July 30, 195619:31
New Moon (after)Monday, August 6, 195611:25

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Monday, July 30, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1956 to the new moon of August 6, 1956, a cycle of 29.28 days.